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Vera Garrison Collection, 1935-1939

Overview of the Collection

Creator

Garrison, Vera Evelyn, 1917-1971

Title

Vera Garrison Collection

Dates

1935-1939 (inclusive)

19351939

Quantity

0.2 cubic foot, (1 box)

Collection Number

MSS
Garrison

Summary

The Vera Garrison Collection consists of
student memorabilia assembled by Vera Garrison and John Olsen during their
student years at Oregon State College in 1935-1939. The collection
reflects their membership in the Delta Zeta sorority and Sigma Phi Sigma
fraternity and attendance and participation in dances, concerts and
performances, and athletic events.

Vera Evelyn Garrison attended Oregon State College from 1935 to 1939
and earned a BS in Secretarial Science in 1939. She was a member of the
Delta Zeta sorority and served as chapter president. Garrison was born in
Nyssa, Oregon, on November 29, 1917 and died in Boise, Idaho, on September
10, 1971. John William Olsen also attended Oregon State from 1935 to 1939
and completed a BS in Chemical Engineering in 1939. He was a member of the
Sigma Phi Sigma fraternity and was a diving champion for the Oregon State
College swim team. Olsen was born January 19, 1917, in Baker, Oregon, and
died November 27, 2008, in Nyssa, Oregon. Garrison and Olsen were married
soon after graduation from Oregon State and lived in Nyssa, Oregon.

The Vera Garrison Collection consists of student memorabilia assembled
by Garrison and John Olsen during their student years at Oregon State
College in 1935-1939. The collection includes correspondence and greetings
cards, concert and game programs, dance cards, student handbooks,
newsletters, newspaper clippings, broadsides, ticket stubs and ephemera,
commencement programs, and a map with the locations of sorority and
fraternity houses. The items document their student experience at Oregon
State, especially involvement in a sorority and fraternity and attendance
and participation in dances, concerts and performances, and athletic
events on campus.